Music-stand.



J. GAPUTI. MUSIC STAND. APPLICATION I'IL ED OUT. II 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.--

7n: NORRIS PETERS co, WASHINGTON, o. c.

JOHN CAPUTI, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

MUSIC-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Application filed October 10, 1910. Serial No. 586,218.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CAPUTI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Music-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those folding stands which are provided for supporting sheet music in convenient position for orchestral and band musicians while they are playing.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and light device of this class which can be readily folded into a very small space so that it can be carried in a musicians pocket, and which can be quickly extended and adjusted to the height desired for use.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a front elevation of a music stand which embodies the invention with the rack open for use and the standard partially extended. Fig. 2 shows a View of one side of the device when folded for transportation. Fig. 3 shows a view of another side of the folded device. Fig. 4 shows a view on a larger scale of the upper end of the top standard section. Fig. 5 shows an enlarged section of the standard on the plane indicated by the dotted line 55 on Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows a section of the standard on the plane indicated by the dotted line 6-6. Fig. 7 shows a section practically on the plane indicated by the dotted line 77 on Fig. 6. Fig. 8 shows a section of one of the legs on the plane indicated by the line 8--8 on Fig. 1.

The device is, when opened, supported on three legs, each of which is formed ofa strap section 1 and a section 2, the edges of which are folded around and movable lengthwise along the section 1. The upper end of each section 1 of a leg is pivoted in mortises in a bracket 3. The leg sections are extended with relation to each other to provide a wide base, and they are slid together in order that they may occupy a small space when folded. A thumb screw t is arranged to be screwed through the bottom of the bracket for the purpose of preventing the legs from collapsing when they are extended and are supporting the stand.

The bracket 3 may be formed of a part of or may be attached to the lowest section 5 of the standard. The edges of the lowest standard section are beveled and fitted into tailed t-enon 7 which fits into a corresponding channel in one face of the upper intermediate section '8 of the standard. The top section 9 of the standard has its edges beveled and fitted into a dove-tail channel in the back face of the section 8. These sections are capable of being drawn out with relation to each other in order to raise the supporting rack the desired height, and of being telescoped so they may be packed into a short space.

The rack hits a central back strip 10 which is provided on its back side with a, perforated lug 11. The upper end of the top section of the standard has a hub 12 provided with a pintle 13. This pintle is designed to be slipped into the perforation in the socket- 11 on the back of the central strip 10 for the purpose of attaching the rack to the standard. The bottom bar of the "rack is formed in two sections 14. These sections are provided with lugs 15 that are connected by pivots 16 with the strip 10. Along the back of each of the bottom bars is a flange l7, and the end of each bar is turned up to form a lip 18.

Hinged on the pivots 16 are the diagonal strips 19. Jointed links 20 connect the bottom bars 14 with the inclined strips 19, and jointed links 21 connect these strips with the central strip 10. All of these parts are de sirably formed of light, thin sheet metal, either brass or steel, and are polished or plated as desired. Pivoted to the bottom bars near the outer ends are leaf holding fingers 22 which are desirably formed of small wire. A perforated lug 23 is attached to an arm 24 that projects forwardly from the lower end of the central back strip of.

the rack.

In order to prepare the device for transportation, the rack is removed from the upper end of the standard and the leaf holding fingers are turned down against the sections of the bottom bar. The connecting links are then doubled in, allowing the inclined strips and the bottom sections of the rack to be folded up together in front of the center strip, and form a short three-sided box. The sections of the standard are telescopedthe top section 9 sliding in the upper intermediate section 8, these two sec tions sliding down on the lower inter-' mediate section 6, and then these sections sliding down on the bottom section The legs are telescoped-the sections 2 sliding up on the sections 1. The screw 4: is loosened, and the legs turned up against the collapsed standard sections. The standard and legs thus folded are connected with the folded rack by inserting the pintle 13 at the upper end of the top standard section 9 into the perforation in the hub 23 at the end of the arm 24 that projects forwardly from the central strip 10 of the rack. The parts are then turned on the pintle as a pivot, and the legs folded into the open side of the box formed by the folded rack. The screw 4 may then be turned up so as to clamp the parts at the end opposite the hinge.

This music stand is very convenient, for it can be quickly folded into a compact space and readily unfolded and extended to any desired height. All of the parts are desirably formed of thin sheet metal, which provides a light and cheap structure, and the construct-ion is such that, although light metal is employed, the device is stifi and supports the sheets of music in a desirable manner.

The invention claimed is:

A music stand having a telescopic standard formed of a bottom section with beveled edges, a lower intermediate section having its edges extending frontward around the edges of the bottom section and provided with a dove-tail tenon on its rear side, an upper intermediate section having its edges extending frontward about the edges of said tenon on the lower intermediate section and extending rearward about the edges of the top section, and the top section with beveled edges fitting in said rear channel in the upper intermediate section, a bracket at the lower end of the bottom section of the standard, telescopic legs hinged to said bracket, and a rack hinged to the upper end of the top section of the standard, said rack having a central back strip, leaf supporting bars and diagonal strips, said bars and strips being pivoted to said back strip, and links connecting said bars and strips near their outer ends, said rack being'so hinged to the top standard section that when the rack is folded and the standard is telescoped these parts may be turned together on the hinge and the standard folded between the leaf supporting bars of the rack.

JOHN OAPUTI.

Witnesses:

H. R. WILLIAMS, JOSEPHINE M. STREMPFER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

